Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of the Artist's Wife (John William Waterhouse, 1885 circa) | |
| Born | Esther Maria Kenworthy 1857 |
| Died | 1944 (aged 86–87) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse |
John William Waterhouse
(m. 1883) |
Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (1857–1944), born Esther Maria Kenworthy, was a British artist who exhibited her flower-paintings at the Royal Academy in London and elsewhere.
Waterhouse was the daughter of James Lees Kenworthy, an artist and schoolmaster from Ealing, in West London; and Elizabeth, a school-mistress.[1] She married her fellow artist John William Waterhouse at the parish church in Ealing, in 1883, and thereafter used the name Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse.[1] Initially, they lived in a purpose built artistic colony in Primrose Hill, where the houses had studios. In around 1900, they moved to St John's Wood.[1] Waterhouse exhibited her flower paintings at the Royal Academy and with the Royal Society of British Artists in London. [2]
Waterhouse is buried, along with her husband, at Kensal Green Cemetery, and his portrait of her is now owned by Sheffield City Art Galleries.[1]
- ^ a b c d Peter Trippi (2004), "Waterhouse, John William (1849–1917)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press
- ^ Christopher Wood (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0-902028-72-3.